This work is a comprehensive account of the condition of women in every walk of life. In order to study the condition of women in China a high-powered Indian delegation visited that country. Iti s emphasized in the book that the development activities should be managed by value and vision only. The book deals with the various problems being faced by women and the solutions of the some are given in comprehensive way. There are many challenges and issues in the ...
Issues of rural development and women’s empowerment received critical attention in various debates. Trends and patterns of agricultural development in recent years have not always been favourable to women, especially rural women, who face marginalisation. Some of the essays make us rethink the relationship between employment and empowerment in a more nuanced way. An attempt has, therefore, been made in this book, to take stock of the contemporary challenges in ...
The book highlights the commonalities and differences in rural women's experiences across the countries and communities of the South Asian region. It argues that the low status and weak empowerment of rural women is on account of the structural conditions of poverty and inequality in the region, the social and cultural shaping of gender ideologies and the multiple patriarchies and caste and class dominance through which poor women experience power relations. ...
